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3 Real Estate Stocks Dragging The Industry Down

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All three major indices are trading up today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average (
^DJI) trading up 91 points (0.6%) at 15,561 as of Thursday, July 18, 2013, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 2,136 issues advancing vs. 784 declining with 110 unchanged.

TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry lower today:

3.
CYS Investments (
CYS) is one of the companies pushing the Real Estate industry lower today. As of noon trading, CYS Investments is down $0.34 (-3.8%) to $8.56 on heavy volume. Thus far, 2.8 million shares of CYS Investments exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $8.51-$8.93 after having opened the day at $8.90 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $8.89.

No company description available. CYS Investments has a market cap of $1.5 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are down 24.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate CYS Investments a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates
CYS Investments as a
hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, deteriorating net income and disappointing return on equity. Get the full
CYS Investments Ratings Report now.